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AtrociKitty 1 point ago +1 / -0

Your title isn't accurate, and doesn't represent why people are so upset over this.

the owner cooked it

A third party slaughtered the goat, it wasn't the owner. The owner was the state senator, who bought the goat at the fair auction.

The first problem is the fair interfering with the transaction. The buyer and seller agreed to send the goat to a sanctuary, and the fair still got their $63 cut. But the fair refused to allow this agreement, and decided neither buyer nor seller gets to keep the goat. Instead, the fair gets to take it back, plus their $63 cut (on a $902 sale). This is why lawyers are involved. The goat did not belong to the fair anymore.

The second problem is the police aspect, which was already mentioned in this thread. The police were sent 500 miles away to retrieve the goat (remember the last time they did this for your stolen property?). They were given a warrant to use breaching equipment and open locked containers, like this was a drug bust. And the police immediately sent the goat to the third party for slaughter, which is not how property disputes are handled. The property is supposed to be held until the rightful owner is determined.

But, instead of recognizing the legal and enforcement cynicism this story represents, you reduced it to another "Karen" story.

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AtrociKitty 4 points ago +4 / -0

and following her.

Did we watch the same video? Exact quote, "and he immediately started going in the other direction."

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AtrociKitty 9 points ago +9 / -0

the Bad company games are considered the best in the BF series

You mean 1942 and BF2 sips Monster

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AtrociKitty 6 points ago +6 / -0

Etsy must have thousands of sellers, if not tens of thousands

Etsy has millions of active sellers:

In 2021, roughly 7.5 million sellers sold goods through the Etsy platform, up from approximately 4.4 million active sellers in the previous year. By comparison, there were over 96 million active Etsy buyers worldwide.

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AtrociKitty 15 points ago +15 / -0

researchers of domestic extremism suspect

a key anti-fascism researcher

I'm glad we exist in a world where roles like these exist.

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AtrociKitty 6 points ago +6 / -0

This is why I only watch fansubs

If you're downloading from meow in Japanese, you're mostly going to find the same subs for anything currently airing. CR rips killed a big chunk of the fansub scene.

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AtrociKitty 3 points ago +3 / -0

Considering Gatebox was around 6 years ago, that's almost definitely what will happen.

The original Gatebox, if you haven't seen it before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkcKaNqfykg

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AtrociKitty 5 points ago +5 / -0

Automated drones are all quad rotors

Fixed-wing autopilots came first, and have been available in the hobby space for well over a decade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArduPilot#Early_years,_2007-2012.

I personally flew multiple fixed-wing UAS using that autopilot when it was new, and they were fully capable of autonomous takeoff and landing back in 2011.

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AtrociKitty 6 points ago +6 / -0

So already halfway to the $2 Billion needed to break even: https://archive.ph/il6DD

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AtrociKitty 3 points ago +3 / -0

plex

Use Emby or Jellyfin, not Plex. Plex is pushing too hard into ad-based content, and also relies more heavily on internet access. Emby and Jellyfin can exist entirely on your LAN with local accounts if you want, and have no need to phone home.

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AtrociKitty 5 points ago +5 / -0

BBT and AB are also useful for old and obscure titles, but BBT seems like it's dying, and AB likes to keep the door closed.

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AtrociKitty 2 points ago +2 / -0

Fall '22 was a really good season, but one of my favorites doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet: Shinmai Renkinjutsushi no Tenpo Keiei (Management of a Novice Alchemist).

The story centers around a young orphan becoming an alchemist and starting her own shop, in what's best described as a blend of Atelier and Recettear. If CGDCT mixed with "Capitalism, Ho!" sounds like something you'd enjoy, it's worth checking out.

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AtrociKitty 6 points ago +6 / -0

Someone that plays Magic the Gathering

That's a much broader group than you might think. Magic has been around for a very long time and has a ton of formats, with each having its own typical player. The guys who play Modern are very different from the guys who play EDH. It's hard to paint everyone with a single brush, when Magic is some 30 years old.

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AtrociKitty 2 points ago +2 / -0

"But I like the kitchen."

This is one of my wife's favorite videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCftJ8Hf0kI

by folx
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AtrociKitty 5 points ago +5 / -0

The libraries that look like large mailboxes, you've probably driven or walked by one before: https://littlefreelibrary.org/

Although it's a nice idea, they're used to push the same agenda as everything else.

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AtrociKitty 6 points ago +6 / -0

Honestly it's not really anything different than them selling the "special performance tune"

It's a huge difference. ECU tunes are mostly an aftermarket thing, with the dealer almost never involved (and the tune typically voids at least part of your warranty).

Tunes make power through a variety of means, but generally involve the tuner putting the car on a dyno and/or track to figure out how far the car can be pushed with different combinations of bolt-on parts, while leaving a conservative margin for variation between cars that will use the tune off-the-shelf.

What makes this different is that it's an electric car, and that the seller of the tune is Mercedes themselves. They designed in the extra power from the start, then locked it behind a paywall. This completely inverts the situation: instead of an aftermarket tune cleverly capturing extra power, Mercedes is charging you extra to use power your car had from the factory.

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AtrociKitty 21 points ago +21 / -0

why do you care about a drawing? it's not a person

This is the most critical part from my perspective. The subject matter here doesn't actually matter, whether you hate it or enjoy it. What people need to understand is criminalizing a drawing is criminalizing something artificial. It's opening the door to thought crime, and actual government regulation of ideas.

If you care about freedom of speech, you need to support allowing people to draw whatever they want. It doesn't need to be looked upon favorably by society, nor does it need to be allowed on all platforms. But it cannot be criminalized, because it will lead to subjective government regulation of media.

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AtrociKitty 10 points ago +10 / -0

Many people don't realize that you can leave with as much US currency as you like, but the government requires that you report any amount over $10,000.

You don't even need to leave the country, nor does it need to be a specific dollar amount. Thanks to civil asset forfeiture, simply driving down the road with a "suspicious" amount of cash is sufficient justification for police to take every penny you have on you. They don't spend the time to figure out whether you're a drug dealer or if you're on your way to buy a used car, they just take it and leave you with the legal quagmire of trying to get your own money back.

This happens because they're allowed to use the money to supplement their budgets, and because it costs a few thousand dollars to even hire a lawyer that can (potentially) get your money back. They've taken somewhere around $70 billion this way, over the past twenty years.

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AtrociKitty 26 points ago +26 / -0

Not that it makes it okay, but this is from 2019. It's not something that just happened.

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AtrociKitty 3 points ago +3 / -0

That's 92 year old technology.

The mechanics of torpedo guidance and control are fascinating too. With nothing but a pendulum, a hydrostat, and some clever linkages, torpedoes were able to manage their depth over 100 years ago. In WWII the same mechanism was refined to maintain depth with an accuracy of just 6 inches. A radio controlled boat might as well be a step backwards in comparison.

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AtrociKitty 2 points ago +2 / -0

This, and it isn't even a new idea. I first saw a stand like this over a decade ago, with exactly the same price structure.

It actually started out as a commentary on college admissions and student aid, but is now used to parody the system we've created on a national level. You're supposed to make some sort of angry comment to them, which they then use to start a conversation with you. Looks like it's still effective after all this time too.

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